The HalTechTV Rating System

At HalTechTV we've gone through a few different styles when it comes to providing the readers a rating on the products we review. Our aim all along has been to provide the simplest rating system for the reader based off of a slightly more complicated back end, if you're reading this then you are on this page to find out how it all works and where we get our numbers from!

The Current System:

Our current system works of a value of 100. We found that rating a product out of 5 or even 10 for that matter was too small to differentiate products with and if you have to go decimal why not just enlarge the scale. With this 100 'points' shall we call them, we then separate them into five separate categories that we feel covers all aspects of 99.9% of products in the PC market. These categories are:

Performance

Build Quality

Features & Compatibility

Aesthetics & Packaging

Value For Money

With these five categories we then depending on the product, give them a percentage of the 100 total and then split each of THOSE into categories for marking. Through this we can value our objective results and our reviewer's subjective opinions differently so that the simple facts and results make up the core percentage of the total mark given for the most unbiased result.Use the list below to go to the individual product market you wish to see what we fully rate each individual product on. If the product category you are looking for isn't listed below, don't worry we will be listing most of them soon!﻿

PC Components:

Audio:

Headphones

Speakers

Amplifiers & Recievers

Digital to analog Converters

Microphones

Video:

Cases:

Listed below is the percentage value each category is to this products market and how each category is sub categorised for the review process. These Ratings are in relevance to their maximum supported motherboard form factor as this is the simplest and most accurate way of separating products by their size and designed component potential.

CPU Cooler:

Listed below is the percentage value each category is to this products market and how each category is sub categorised for the review process.

Performance:Temperature & noise when stockTemperature with custom review fans*Build Quality:Materials usedReal life stress-testMounting system and fastenings e.g screws & backplatesFeatures & Compatibility:Compatibility & clearance with sockets/Ram/PCIe etc.Features such as heatpipes/fan mounts/size etc.Aesthetics & Packaging:Overall look and design of productQuality of packagingValue For Money:Collective ratings of the above with emphasis on performance compared to lowest retail price at the time of review.

40%20/4020/4015%5/155/155/1515%10/155/1510%6/104/1020%﻿20/20﻿

*If the cooler does not provide an option to replace the fan with a standardised one we have for review, the coolers stock set up will be compared to those with standardised fans.

Motherboards:

Listed below is the percentage value each category is to this products market and how each category is sub categorised for the review process.

System Fans:

Listed below is the percentage value each category is to this products market and how each category is sub categorised for the review process.

Performance:Noise LevelsAirflow Performance (inc. Static Pressure)Build Quality:Materials usedMounting system and fastenings e.g screws & anti-vibrationFeatures & Compatibility:Accessories such as fan speed reducersFeatures such as PWM/Low-Profile/mounting options etc.Aesthetics & Packaging:Overall look and design of productQuality of packagingValue For Money:Collective ratings of the above with emphasis on performance compared to lowest retail price at the time of review.